Thursday, July 18, 2013

'Glory': Civil War fight by black troops recalled

Re-enactors representing both North and South fire a volley on Morris Island near Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, July 18, 2013 during a observance of the 150th anniversary of the charge of the black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in a fight commemorated in the film "Glory." (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Civil War re-enactors gathered on a wind-swept beach and marked the 150th anniversary Thursday of the famed attack by the black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry — a battle that showed the world black soldiers could fight and later was chronicled in the movie "Glory."








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